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pederasties

pederasties is the plural of pederasty.

Meaning of pederasty

Noun

pederasty (usually uncountable, plural pederasties)

  1. (US, usually) Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
    • […] aber die Entwürdigung der Frauen rächte sich an den Männern und entwürdigte auch sie, bis sie versanken in die Widerwärtigkeit der Knabenliebe und ihre Götter entwürdigten wie sich selbst durch den Mythus von Ganymed.1962 [1891, 1884], Friedrich Engels, “II. Die Familie”, in Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staats (Marx-Engels-Werke; 21), Dietz Verlag Berlin, page 67; English translation in...
    Antonyms:
    korephilia
  2. (US, archaic, usually) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.

Questions about pederasties

What is pederasties the plural of?
Pederasties is the plural of pederasty.

Words near pederasties in the dictionary

  1. Peder
  2. pederast
  3. pederastic
  4. pederastically
  5. pederastice
  6. pederasties
  7. pederasts
  8. pederasty
  9. pederero
  10. pedereroes
  11. pedereros

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